The Dover Street District's buildings, with their high-quality architectural designs, traditional building materials and fine craftsmanship, form a distinctive residential streetscape that exemplifies the early suburban-style development history of the larger Sheridan Park neighborhood in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Possessing a low-scale character, the District is made up of single-family houses, two and three-flats, and small apartment buildings situated on wide lots with generous set backs. Commuter train service to the area arrived in 1891 and this early access to mass transportation allowed upper-middle class professionals to maintain their city jobs while enjoying a suburban-like home life. The architects that designed buildings in the District include James Gamble Rogers (working at the beginning of his career), William Bryce Mundie, and J.E.O. Pridmore.